Compiled from Kelly Richers' California Moth Specimen Database. Kelly has been compiling the database since 1996 from literature sources, museum collections, and (I believe) novel collections. These lists are probably not comprehensive (if such a thing is possible for such a diverse group of organisms), but given Kelly's dedication and the degree of sampling in the state, it's probably pretty close at the state and regional level, and approaching that degree at the county level, and thus I have marked them as comprehensive on iNat. All errors are my own, and if you find any, please let me know.
Notes On Missing Names
Many of the names in the CMSD have not bee included in the iNat lists I've created. I have tried to import every name from the Catalogue of Life, BugGuide, and uBio, so any names that are still missing are not present in those sources. I have also tried to manually check the remainder against http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species_list.php, I've tried to manually add any taxa that have a species page on MPG, and I've checked for simple misspellings of the kind the Google can catch. For the remainder, here are some of the reasons the names are missing:
A full listing of all the names I was not able to import can be found here.
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 17355 genus: Coelopoeta species: glutinosi sex: location: Potter Valley county: Mendocino collector: Walsingham coll_date: Jun 14 1871 spe... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 3128 genus: Elachista species: controversa sex: M location: Ham Pass 4 mi N Eel R Ranger Sta county: Mendocino collector: J. Powell coll_da... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 564 genus: Elachista species: dolabella sex: F location: Eel R Ranger Sta county: Mendocino collector: J. Powell coll_date: Jun 15 72 speci... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 565 genus: Elachista species: marachella sex: F location: 5 mi N Branscomb county: Mendocino collector: J. Powell coll_date: May 25 76 spec... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 563 genus: Elachista species: celegormella sex: F location: in redwoods nr Novarro R county: Mendocino collector: Walsingham coll_date: May... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 3129 genus: Elachista species: telcharella sex: M location: Inglenook Fen, 5 mi N Ft Bragg county: Mendocino collector: J. Powell coll_date... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 17356 genus: Perittia species: cygnodiella sex: location: Inglenook Fen, 5 mi N Ft Bragg county: Mendocino collector: J. Powell coll_date:... More